Acroporafloridais a common shallow-water reef building coral which is commonly seen on the reef, and also a popular coral for aquariums. The typicalAcroporaflorida是绿色的,轴向珊瑚岩具有不同程度的橙色,但并非所有的“佛罗里达杂技”都相等。
尽管是一个常见且著名的水族馆珊瑚Acroporaflorida它是如此的荧光,以至于它威胁要使珊瑚礁再次想要绿色的珊瑚。这种难以捉摸的佛罗里达州的菌株是如此的荧光绿色,以至于它被描述为“有毒”和“放射性”,但不是以营销方式,而是以一种燃烧的方式来燃烧。
In the early days of SPS keeping, the Green Slimer was a champion for mini-reef building because it was a bright and colorful coral. It grew so fast and so well for so many people, encouraging a whole generation of reefers to become experienced with fast growing stony corals. Alas, all that success with ‘green corals’ has turned off some reefers to this shade, but we’re not kidding when we say that the Toxic Green Acropora florida is on a whole other level.
Our first encounter with this exceptionally brilliant strain of Acro was way back in 2008 or 2009, while visiting Kevin Pockell. Also known as Kevinpo on the bulletin boards back in the day, Kevin is a classic reefer with great reefkeeping fundamentals, and that has enabled him to grow some fantastic reefs and corals. Among these is a screaming-neon-green strain of the Toxic Acro florida in focus today.
图片无法传达该acro的可能性,即使是最健康的绿色Slimer Acros也能完全胜过。值得庆幸的是,我们有一个从表演坦克的珊瑚的精彩视频水生梦在华盛顿斯波坎,两者都Acroporaflorida和绿色的苗条Acropora Yongei展示它们各自的Fluo-Green阴影。
One thing we’ll never forget is being present while a water change was performed, and as the water dropped below the toxic green Acropora florida, even the粘液that came off this coral was fluorescent green, making beautiful neon streaks on the water surface as it sloughed off!
Years had passed since our first and last encounter with the Toxic Green Acropora florida, but we recently met up with another reefer who has, and truly appreciates, this unique color form. Robert Wurst is a well known reefer from the Netherlands and his 500 gallon reef tank has a whole collection ofAcroporaflorida殖民地,等等。
Wurst的礁石罐不仅种植了有毒的绿色Acropora Florida,而且还有其他几种相同物种的菌株,尽管不那么明亮。看到佛罗里达州的这几种颜色形态确实使有毒的绿色品种形成鲜明对比,尽管近八年没有遇到这种珊瑚,但知道这种珊瑚仍处于囚禁之中,真是令人欣慰。
参观罗伯特·沃斯特(Robert Wurst)的礁石最酷的事情不仅是看到霓虹灯绿色Acroporaflorida同样,但也看到它与更典型的佛罗里达州杂技杂志并列。即使没有任何蓝色LED照明的帮助,并且仅在20,000个Kelvin Metal Halides以下,该物种的不同菌株之间也存在着颜色的光彩和饱和度。
目前,太多的“现代礁”痴迷于彩虹杂技和珊瑚,这些彩虹杂技和珊瑚在鲜艳的照明下令人难以置信,用宏观设置拍摄,在Photoshop中“榨汁”,然后在高对比度显示器上显示。但是,就像《 Vogue》杂志封面上的超模一样,这些珊瑚中只有一小部分在现实生活中看起来像在封面照片中一样。
一旦定价过高的三色彩虹acro使其可爱的碎片相位,颜色将仅限于生长余地,总体而言,从房间看时,殖民地将在礁石中丢失。有毒绿色Acroporaflorida是对Photoshopped Corals的解毒剂 - 它看起来像碎片一样好,甚至是一个大殖民地,一旦它有机会芽长众多橙色的轴向珊瑚岩。
和Acroporafloridabeing a commonly farmed and aquacultured coral from Indonesia, we don’t have a really good reason for why the Toxic Green form seems to be so rare. Hopefully with this article we can help to bring more attention and desire for this coral, making it cool to have a big green SPS coral in your reef tank again.